Nintendo Switch Online is back with new icons, this time themed to Pokémon Scarlet and Violet. Celebrating the Shiny Rayquaza Tera Raid Battle event that will kick off in a few weeks, the icons are meant to get players excited for the battles ahead! In the meantime, you can enjoy…
Raid Hour (also referred to as Legendary Raid Hour) started as an experiment in March 2019. Initially called Legendary Lunch Hour, Niantic set aside an hour on Wednesdays for Pokémon GO Trainers to find 5-Star (Legendary) Raids easier by increasing the appearance rates. After further testing, Raid Hour was renamed…
As time marches ever forward, I’m beginning to have this bizarre sensation of writing retrospectives for films, games, and consoles that I was alive for the launch of. Released on November 18th, 2001, in the US, the Nintendo GameCube came at an exciting time for the games industry. Even to…
SNK announced a second Neo Geo Pocket Color Selection for the Nintendo Switch back in August and now we’ve finally heard more about the game – and it launches very soon! NeoGeo Pocket Color Selection Vol. 2 will launch digitally on November 9th and we’ve got some fresh artwork below,…
Most Yooka-Laylee fans will know that the series is a spiritual successor to Rare’s classic collectathon platforming series, Banjo-Kazooie, with Yooka developer Playtonic even formed by ex-Rare staffers. According to ex-Playtonic Games writer Andy Robinson, however, the connection between the two series was, at some point, going to be more…
You know, everybody always talks about how as soon as Halloween ends they roll out the Christmas (or broader “holiday”) decorations immediately instead of, like, just chilling in November and getting people amped up for Thanksgiving. And there are multiple reasons for that — Christmas is a global holiday while…
TYPE-MOON is perhaps best known these days for the Fate series but it has a variety of other visual novels in its back catalogue. One of those, Witch on the Holy Night, is heading to Switch next month but if you’re intrigued you can check out a demo now. Witch…
The simplicity and appeal of Witch Beam’s Unpacking is something I’m always happy to discuss. There’s an inherent zen to its pixels and pleasantries, and though it’s a brief experience as a whole, it’s one that’s worth revisiting every now and then. One such occasion would be the game’s one…
Forever Entertainment will soon be releasing a remake of the original Front Mission, first released for the Super Famicom way back in 1995. You might not have expected to be quite this soon, though, with the game slated to launch on November 30th! The tactical RPG, originally published by Squaresoft,…
Sonic the Hedgehog as a series has almost never disappointed when it comes to music. Almost. One of the longest running contributors to that legacy has been Tomoya Ohtani, dating all the way back to Sonic Adventure 2’s legendary “Pumpkin Hill” track, among others. As lead composer of the fast-approaching…
In less than two years, Capcom’s latest entry in the flagship series has made an impressive mark on the company’s portfolio. New all-time sales numbers (as of September 30th, 2022) show that Rise has passed 11.2 million copies sold, making it Capcom’s third best-selling game of all time. …
Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope has been a recent favorite for Nintendo Switch owners, bringing back the strategic crossover in a fantastic way. There’s plenty of game to enjoy already, but fans eager for more have just gotten their best peek at the future of the game. More specifically,…
It’s a fairly common sight these days – a video game hits physical stores before it’s supposed to, someone grabs a copy, dumps it online, and the leaks start pouring in. Now, Sonic Frontiers is facing the brunt of it. Thankfully at the moment the leaks are relegated to corners…
Bring the thunder — a PVC statue of Urbosa from The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild is available for pre-order, exclusively on maker First 4 Figures’ site. We are proud to introduce the latest collectibles from the The Legend of Zelda™: Breath of the Wild line of…
You know Yasunori Mitsuda, right? The beyond legendary composer of Chrono Trigger, Chrono Cross, most Xeno- games, and countless others. Well, in what is usually a fun, mildly goofy trivia fact, he also composed music for the original Mario Party: which, as it turns out, was a hellish experience. MP…
